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Ford Aerostar its history and why it was the WRONG Minivan for America

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The Ford Aerostar- The Plymouth Voyager debuted in 1983 in 1984 model and sales of it took off. The Voyager and sister Dodge Caravan sold 209,000 and sales just kept rocketing upward. Ford had no answer at the time and was left scrambling to come up with an alternative. That answer was The Ford Aerostar. It was a market fail and was discontinued 11 years after its introduction. A van like would never be built again by Ford. In this video we look at its origin, the history and changes along the way and why it was a miss. For more Ford related content Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/TonysFordsandMustangs?sub_confirmation=1 Find me on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/RallyNorthAmericaTeamDanger Twitter @ https://twitter.com/RacerTCI Or Instagram which I rarely check. https://www.instagram.com/tonysfordsandmustangs/ Thanks for watching and a HUGE thank you to my subscribers. It's nice when someone appreciates your work!



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The Ford Aerostar is a range of vans that was manufactured by Ford from the 1986 to the 1997 model years. The first minivan produced by Ford, the model line was marketed against the Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari and the first two generations of the Chrysler minivans. Introduced shortly before the Ford Taurus, the Aerostar derived its name from its slope-nosed "one-box" exterior (although over six feet tall, the body of the Aerostar retained a drag coefficient of Cd=0.37, besting the Lincoln Mark VI...

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